On these slow Saturdays, no way of getting around, nothing to do but watch movies and contemplate the finer things in life--British accents, glam rock in its original form, singers who become actors in movies that, for the most part, aren't shit--I keep coming back to the last great living seventies singer (that isn't Lou Reed. Or Grace Slick. Or all the other ones), David Bowie. And so I make a list.

Why? Fuck you, that's why.

5) The Prestige

This role combines my two favorite things: Bowie and Tesla. And magic lightning rooms.

4) The Hunger

Is this some thinly-veiled prelude to my inclusion for Movie Mobsters/Fandango Groovers Presents: Vampires? Hells yes. And here it is.

But besides. He is so damn...good in it. Going from seductive vampire's assistant to a withering old man trying desperately for a few last moments with his love, he elevates the movie in the places Catherine Deneuve couldn't.

3) BasquiatNot his greatest movie, sure, but as a guy who knew Andy Warhol, and was probably besties with him (he had to be, right?), and, in fact, playing the man around the time they would've known each other in real life, gives the whole thing a meta feel. Anyway, he gets all the tics, the swagger, the whiny voice, the euphoric air, down so well you'd think he was at a party, doing an impression of the guy. Or something. I don't know.

2) Inglorious Basterds

What are you talking about, he wasn't in it? Of course he was in it! His little cameo, as always, made the scene--Shoshana Dreyfuss (Melanie Laurent) suiting up for her incoming onslaught of Jewish vengeance--both powerful and anachronistically...unique.

Wow, I totally empathize as far as the quiet Saturday night + Bowie obsession goes. Labyrinth is nice in that Bowie does way more singing than in these other performances - "You remind me of a babe," and all that.

The "Cat People" scene in Basterds was one of my favorite parts, especially coupled with all the Ms. 45 and Marriage of Maria Braun visual homages that QT was doing.

That picture convinces me that I need to see Basquiat eventually. And Man Who Fell to Earth: yes, just yes. SUCH red hair. Poor, beautiful Tommy.

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